יוֹנָתָןYôwnâthân

proper name, masculine: hath given

Pronunciation: yo-naw-thawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3129

Meanings

1. son of Saul (1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 14:8; 1 Samuel 18:1)

2. son of Abiathar (2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17)

3. nephew of David (2 Samuel 21:21; 1 Chronicles 20:7; 2 Samuel 13:3)

4. דּוֺד of David, i.e. his uncle? (1 Chronicles 27:32)

5. one of David's heroes (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:34)

6. one of David's treasurers (1 Chronicles 27:25)

7. a scribe (Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 38:26)

8. Levites

9. a priest (Nehemiah 12:18)

10. priest to the tribe of Dan, son of Gershom (Judges 18:30)

11. a Judaite captain, after fall of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 40:8)

12. a Judaite (1 Chronicles 2:32; 1 Chronicles 2:33)

13. father of Ebed (Ezra 8:6)

14. son of Asahel (Ezra 10:15)

15. a priest (Nehemiah 12:14)

16. a son of Joiada (Nehemiah 12:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 42 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 13:2 Saul selected 3,000 special troops from the army of Israel and sent the rest of the men home. He took 2,000 of the chosen men with him to Micmash and the hill country of Bethel. The other 1,000 went with Saul’s son Jonathan to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
  • 1 Samuel 13:3 Soon after this, Jonathan attacked and defeated the garrison of Philistines at Geba. The news spread quickly among the Philistines. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Hebrews, hear this! Rise up in revolt!”
  • 1 Samuel 13:16 Saul and Jonathan and the troops with them were staying at Geba in the land of Benjamin. The Philistines set up their camp at Micmash.
  • 1 Samuel 13:22 So on the day of the battle none of the people of Israel had a sword or spear, except for Saul and Jonathan.
  • 1 Samuel 14:1 One day Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let’s go over to where the Philistines have their outpost.” But Jonathan did not tell his father what he was doing.
  • 1 Samuel 14:3 Among Saul’s men was Ahijah the priest, who was wearing the ephod, the priestly vest. Ahijah was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord who had served at Shiloh. No one realized that Jonathan had left the Israelite camp.
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